Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes From Leonardo da Vinci If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. Leonardo da Vinci thoughtlessness solitude ifs But to me all sciences seem vain and full of error that are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, and do not terminate in an actual experience. Leonardo da Vinci errors mother science He turns not back who is bound to a star. Leonardo da Vinci quitting stars inspirational It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall be a cause of suffering, and they shall possess neither the profit nor the beauty of the world. Leonardo da Vinci ambitious ambition suffering The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace; and Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble. Leonardo da Vinci speaking-well godly lying The mole has very small eyes and it always lives under ground; and it lives as long as it is in the dark but when it comes into the light it dies immediately, because it becomes known;--and so it is with lies. Leonardo da Vinci eye dark lying All our knowledge originates in opinion. Leonardo da Vinci opinion Every man at three years old is half his height Leonardo da Vinci height men years Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience. Leonardo da Vinci causes intelligent nature ... we might say that the earth has a spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil, its bones the arrangement and connection of the rocks of which the mountains are composed, its cartilage the tufa, and its blood the springs of water. Leonardo da Vinci nature spring travel My body is not a tomb for animals. Leonardo da Vinci animal-rights body animal Given the cause nature produces the effect in the briefest manner that it can employ. Leonardo da Vinci produce causes nature When you look at a wall spotted with stains...you may discover a resemblance to various landscapes, beautiful with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees. Or again, you may see battles and figures in action, or strange faces and costumes, and an endless variety of objects which you could reduce to complete and well-drawn figures. Leonardo da Vinci wall rocks beautiful That painter who has no doubts will achieve little. Leonardo da Vinci achieve doubt littles Life well spent is long. Leonardo da Vinci inspirational life long Of the original phenomena, light is the most enthralling. Leonardo da Vinci originals light I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the air if turned quickly. Leonardo da Vinci aviation predictions air Nature varies the seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce in the world. Leonardo da Vinci nature desire world Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. Leonardo da Vinci intelligent light truth Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics. Leonardo da Vinci math science mean
